Added: Jul 6, 2008

From: NationalGeographic

Duration: 0:56

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany capture a chimpanzee's ingenious efforts to get unreachable peanuts out of a tube.Want more? Watch Ape Genius, a Nova/National Geographic special, on February 19, 2008, on PBS.Learn More About Chimpanzees http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/chimpanzee.htmlPhoto Gallery: Chimps http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/chimps.html

Channel: Animals

Tags: brain  chimp  intelligent  outsmart  peanut  smart  tube 

Rating: 4.72 (877 ratings)    Views: 442587' favoriteCount='1025    Comments: 1063

SpYder9007 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - omg epic win

memblor Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - I would have just been jumping up and down, yelling at it, pounding it with my fists.

ladyboybassist Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Genius? who's the one trapped in a cage...Chimp, 0. Humans, 1.We win.

eversincealways Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - "Genius? who's the one trapped in a cage...Chimp, 0. Humans, 1."This video proves that most humans are very dim. It does not prove humans smart. In this way, also is your comment analogous.

ladyboybassist Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - How does the video prove that most humans are very dim?If i knew i had access to water i would have done the same thing. peanuts are hollow so they float but the video just shows you a tube. Maybe there's a hammer just out of shot? i could use that to break the tube.

JeffTheDude777 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Lol. this is weak video. My dog could get the peanut if he really wanted to.

spaz02 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - lol.

RALMAR9 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - how are humans...0 we are like 1000000 and chimps are -4

TheBlitz1 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - yeah actually i did think of that

Ko252 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - hehe. i had the same idea as the chimp. I am as smart as a chimp.... :)

eversincealways Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - "How does the video prove that most humans are very dim?"Because everybody is fucking amazed that a monkey made a painfully simple machine.

ladyboybassist Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - "hehe. i had the same idea as the chimp. I am as smart as a chimp.... :)""yeah actually i did think of that""Actually, that was my very first thought: Get a pitcher of water, fill the tube, take the floating nut."Obviously not everybody...

bloodiedXangel Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - There is a major fault with the puzzle. In order to come up with the same solution a list of materials should be provided.

shadowwolf622 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - I was thinking along the lines of making a very complex robot with robotic arms armed with nuclear warheads, mini guns, lasers, and of course a tube of tooth paste, a vending coke machine, and change maker, with a program its one purpose was to get the peanut out of the tube.

neostryke Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Clever chimp! Animals are amazingly intelligent and we often overlook it or take it for granted. A pat on the back of our little chimp buddy in the video. :)

yyyzzzz Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - our dog never ceases to amaze my either, she is too damned smart for her own good.

neostryke Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Well... all animals are intelligent in some way, right?

djancak Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - that wasn't fair. we had no idea what tools were available to us.

yyyzzzz Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - not so sure, you ever tried training a red setter to behave?

neostryke Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Nope, why?

neostryke Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Is water a tool? I guess in this context it is a type of AID. If you mean we had no idea of using an aid to help get the food out, then I agree with you.

Crazee108 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Yea when asked a question like this, in this puzzle game, I kept thinking how can *I* get the peanut? As oppose to letting the peanut come to me. =)

sabrinaurquiza65 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - lol... but still u didnt have to think of any tool... u can just do it with spit.. dont worry it got me too lol

sabrinaurquiza65 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - lol... but still u didnt have to think of any tool... u can just do it with spit.. dont worry it got me too lol

BboyChunGViN Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - lol actually first think i thought of was pour water into it, then 2ndly was break it, 3rdly i dont know why but i thought blow realy hard into it haha.